Archives for August 2012

One aspect of the civility issue, which I said quite a bit about last week, is the issue of how to moderate comments. A lot of people have had things to say about this, generally on the side of moderating comments more (even PZ’s in on that). I had previously ignored this facet of the [Read More…]

I had been vaguely aware of the story of Indonesian atheist Alexander Ann being sentenced to prison for “blasphemy” because of a fracking Facebook post expressing his doubts about the existence of God. What I didn’t know until today is that the petition to the White House to help him needs 18,000 more signatures this week [Read More…]

I’m currently tweeting my way through the Bible. I’m currently in 2 Kings, which includes this lovely bit: “The Lord has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years.” Gee, what does that remind me of… [Read more…]

I’m making this an open thread for people to talk about whatever they want. This is partly because I’m (technically) on vacation–but partly because I really like the community that’s been growing up around this blog, especially in the last month. I want to see what you call can do when not constrained by having [Read More…]

Hey everybody: I moderate comments lightly here, and intend to continue with that policy. However, I want to accommodate readers who may get sick of particular other commenters and want to not have to read their comments. So: for those of you who use Firefox, I recommend this: [Read more…]